Connecticut western news., 1887-09-28
CANAAN, CONN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 1887.

quick fall of certain boot heels upon the pavement would have been recognized half mile away, so acute was her hear ing. The night wore on; the gaslights 1 flickered down the long street like torch light recession; the trucks had long since ceased their rumble over the cob blcstones. Eight, g, 10 o'clock came ! and the bell was not rung. The air was getting chilly. Mrs. Rogers wrapped a l shawl around her shoulders and fell asleep from utter weariness.
 I At about 5.30 o'clock man of 30 years had stopped at candy stand at the corner of Ann street and Park row 1 aad bought five rclnd pieces of candy 1 called Jackson balls. At stand near the big bridge four big blushing peaches were placed in paper bag and handed to him. While standing in front of the Coroners' office waiting for a truck to pass by, a very solid hand came down upon hls shoulder and hearty voice sa- luted him with:
 "Hello, Billy. old boy! How in thun- der are youl Haven't seen you in a dogs age. Where do you keep yoursel nowadays2 Married, eh! and got two little children! We'll. we'll, how pater- nal you do look! Let's go and have drink. You ain't Prohibitionist, hope?'
 "No, but"
 "Oh, never mind the buts. A glass of sherry won't hurt you.'
 And, yielding to the persuasion of his old friend, Tom Barker, who had been over on the Pacific slope for the past five years, Billy went into the saloon and plighted his friendship in glass of yellow wine. Now, it happened that Billy had been very dissipated fellow before his marriage. He had gone on sprees for week at time, but during the five years of his welded life not a drop of liquor had passed his lips. That one glass of wine fired his pulses with the old intoxicating glow. The wistful faces of his children and the horrible suspense of his wife were forgotten in the magic spell. The two men drank deep drank oft They visited all their old. time resorts, and became very effusive and atfectionate in a maudlin way At o'clock they were in Harlem saloon, treating all hands and shouting in such a disorderly way that the saloon keepe, was obliged to put them out upon the sidewalk. Then they got, on a Third avenue elevated train and rode to the Battery. Here the conductor lugged both the men out on tho platform while they sang duet in very inarticulate tones about how they marched thsongh Georgia, while the conductor expressed his belief that neither of them had been outside the Fourth ward in his life. Daybreak found them on Twenty third street in very sorry plight. Tom stood with his feet wide apart and leaning against lamppost. Billy stood in from of him with his forefnger raised, l, l He's play shiny sc'l, Tom.. Yll b scl, I'll be t'ch'r. Ar y on t me, o fer?"
 Tom blinked spasmodically ani swayed from side to side like hen on clothes line in windy day. His ha fell off and rolled into the gutter. Ton held up his right hand.
 "Tch'r, kin I g out2'
 "Wha' for?"
 "Hat fell out w'nd'r."
 'Ye'il both av yez go afore tn Jedg in tn mornin' av yez don't move on, said a burly policeman, who struck botl men some smart blows across the bac} with his club and pushed them toward Broadway. At 7 o'clock they wer sleeping off the effects of the spree in
 Bowery lodging house.
 1 When Billy awoke at 6 o'clock tha evening with a headache that threatened to crack his skull and a throat whicl seemed to be lined with lime, he wa overcome with remorse. He knew tha his children would be waiting for him a the foot of the stairs. In fancy he coult 1 see, Beulah's wistful blue eyes scannin! every face as it passed by. He would have started immediately, filled as h was with contrition, but Tom persuadet him to have one more parting drink This drink was supplemented with an other. Then Tom suggested that Bill should try shandygaff. To put
 whiskey sour and shandygaff into jux
 taposition usually is disastrous as wa 5 proved in this case. Toms fertile brai , suggested other liquid mixtures, and tn spree continued all day, and ended i
 both men being locked up in the Tombs
 The next morning Tom and Bill were brought before Judge Duffy, wh ! delivered little lecture on the evils c } intemperancc, advised Billy to go hom ! to his wife and children, and discharge , them. Billy felt the disgrace of his a, rest very kcenly,' but Tom cheered hi, with the remark that no one had recoe } nized him. Billy wanted to start fo home immediately, but Tom per suadc l. Him to go to d hotel, from whence hi r c.ahes were sent out to | cleaned and pressed, his hig hat was neatly blocked, and h face shaved. While waiting for h
 clothes Billy chcwcd cloves and othe
 aromatic spices all day for prudent; , | reasons